Combine all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. If you prefer a more frozen type smoothie, you can switch the amounts of frozen versus fresh with your fruits and berries. This smoothie has strawberries for the frozen berries and the fresh fruits are a combo of strawberries, blueberries, pineapple and watermelon.

So I have been seeing a lot of neat recipes floating around on facebook lately and you know me, I HAVE to try it at least once if it looks good and isn’t too dependent on processed foods. So here is my:

In blender add your oats and chia seeds. Blend on high until texture of flour. Add milk and juice to blender and blend well making sure to get the oats and chia up into the mixture with a spoon or spatula. Add yogurt and blend. Add strawberries and bananas, then blend. Add vanilla and honey and blend on high until desired smoothness is obtained. Transfer into jar and refrigerate overnight. Will keep in fridge for 2-3 days. Shake before drinking.

I have seen all these really cool drink ideas and I was like…. I … want….to …..go…. to…. there….!!!! Sorry, television program reference. Anyway, this is my take on making these drinks; since they are super healthy and I want them to be available to my kids whenever they are thirsty for ‘more than water’ I bought a 3 gallon drink dispenser to sit on the counter. This way they can have one of these super healthy ‘waters’ whenever they want and it’s super convenient for them. I put the jug in the fridge at night and out on the counter during the day. There is a nifty little core in the middle that you keep filled with ice to keep your drink cold. Our first one:

Blackberry-Sage Antioxidant Water

10 cups water

1 cup blackberries, lightly crushed

3-4 sage leaves

Combine ingredients. Sit in fridge over night, can keep adding water as it gets low and drink out of it for the next 48 hours. Then discard fruit and leaves and start over. I made this recipe x3 for my family.

PS-That handsome fellow in the background is my youngest cutting up our zucchini for dinner.